The Anti-Social Games 2012

ANTI-SOCIAL GAMES 2012 OLYMPIC RED TAPE: MISSING OUT ON THE GOLD THE OLYMPIC AUTHORITIES ARE TO BAN THE UPLOADING OF PHOTOS TAKEN AT OLYMPIC EVENTS TO SOCIAL MEDIA NETWORKS. SO HOW WOULD THIS AFFECT THE GAMES? wMMMArm 8.8M TICKETS AVAILABLE FOR THE GAMES GAMES 2012 49.97% OF THOSE ATTENDING WILL HAVE ACCESS TO FACEBOOK f Г 4,397,710 LIKELY TICKET HOLDERS ON FACEBOOK IF EACH OF THESE TOOK ON AVERAGE O PHOTOS AT THE GAMES* THE TOTAL POTENTIAL PHOTOS UPLOADED TO FACEBO WOULD BE: SOCIAL B70 B1.132.37O PHOTOS ... SOCIAL THE SHARD LONDON 1016 FT TALL IF PRINTED OUT AND STACKED ON TOP OF ONE ANOTHER, 31,132,370 PHOTOS WOULD BE APPROX. 25,535FT TALL! EQUIVALENT TO THE HEIGHT OF NEARLY 25 SHARD BUILDINGS IMAGINE IF.. ONE PERSON WAS TO CHECK ALL THE PHOTOS AT THE OPENING CEREMONY TO ENFORCE THE BAN... PHOTO PATROL 80,000 CAPACITY OLYMPIC STADIUM WITH EACH SPECTATOR UPLOADING AN AVERAGE OF 7 PHOTOS TO FACEBOOK 80,000 PEOPLE COULD GENERATE 560,000 PHOTOS ON FACEBOOK ON AVERAGE EACH PHOTO WOULD TAKE 10 SECONDS TO CHECK FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE BAN 10 MEANING IT WOULD TAKE 786 HOURS (33 DAYS) FOR ALL SPECTATORS TO LEAVE THE OLYMPIC STADIUM! IS THIS BAN ENFORCEABLE? TO CHECK ALL SOCIAL 31.132.37O PHOTOS SOCIAL WE ESTIMATE TO BE UPLOADED TO FACEBOOK OVER THE DURATION OF THE GAMES... 21 22 23 WITHIN 1 MONTH 31 OFTHE GAMES FINISHING YOU WOULD NEED 618 PEOPLE BOEING 747 MAXIMUM CAPACITY IS 660 PASSENGERS SPENDING 10 SECONDS PER PHOTO TO CHECK FOR BAN VIOLATIONS MINIMUM WAGE FOR EMPLOYEES 21 YRS OLD+ £6.08/HR THE COST WOULD BE €525,791.14 THIS SCENARIO ONLY REPRESENTS FACEBOOK, IMAGINE THE VOLUME OF IMAGES THAT WILL BE CREATED WITH ALL SOCIAL NETWORKS COMBINED! WHAT DO YOU THINK? y#5OCIALYMPICS SOURCES wwW.LONDON2012.COM 6BN PHOTOS ARE UPLOADED TO FACEBOOK GLOBALLY EACH MONTH www.QUORA.COM INFOGRAPHIC CREATED BY FRESH EGG LIMITED wwW.FRESHEGG.COM *847.550,700 FACEBOOK USERS GLOBALLY AVERAGES 7.079 PHOTOS UPLOADED PER PERSON PER MONTH www.SOCIALBAKERS.COM/COUNTRIES/CONTINENTS fresh *31,132.370 PHOTOS BASED ON 4.397.7107 SPECTATORS AT THE GAMES USING FACEBOOK AND UPLOADING AN AVERAGE OF 7 PHOTOS EACH ***AGAINST THE TOTAL COST FIGURE RELATING TO THE MIN WAGE SOURCE MINIMUM WAGE FOR EMPLOYEES 21YRS OLD+ E6.08 HTTP://WwW.DIRECT.GOV.UK/EN/EMPLOYMENT/EMPLOYEES/THENATIONALMINIMUMWAGE/DG_10027201